Scout Deidre

Writer, omnivorous reader, gadabout, spendy, brainy and rarely bored. I am the Scout for the real estate channel and am totally obsessed with the fluctuations of the housing market and love reading the stories from around the world that people submit. My personal blog is http://deidrew.tumblr.com

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This story has mostly positive ratings. 15 votes / No sinks

Prim and proper for fall fashion

Women – One glance at the autumn catwalks and the message is clear - the cleavage is dead. Clare Coulson looks for the inspiration behind the high neckline's renaissance

View Story Discuss (1) (lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk) 6 days ago by Deidre

Submitted and Voted for on July 18, 2008 02:42pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Ron Riccio of Russ & Daughters Is Immune to Fish Stink

Food – As we reported earlier, Russ & Daughters, Marco Pierre White's favorite place for smoked salmon is finally entering the blogosphere. Ron Riccio has worked the counter there for thirteen years. We asked him how tastes have evolved over the years and how, exactly, he smells after a day of cutting lox.

View Story Discuss (0) (nymag.com) 7 days ago by Deidre

Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:29pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

eBay sees difficult times ahead

Money – Online auction site eBay has warned that sales will be lower than expected in the current quarter as it struggles against a weakening global economy.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 03:20pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Will smoke taint wines?

Food – Now that the smoke has begun to clear from North Coast vineyards, questions are swirling about whether it will linger in the 2008 vintage.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:53pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Washington State Grapples With Water

Food – A recent transfer of water rights from 80 acres in Okanogan County to Benton County on Washington's southern border with Oregon highlights the lengths to which some growers are willing to go to secure the ever-more-scarce commodity.

View Story Discuss (0) (winesandvines.com) 7 days ago by Deidre

Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 02:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Akris outsells Chanel by selling to power women

Women – Akris designer Albert Kriemler last fall spent three days searching for crepe fabric at a Paris textile-industry trade show, with his cellphone shut down -- incommunicado.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 17, 2008 01:52pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Flowers to decorate streets, hotels in Beijing for Olympics

Travel – More than 2.56 million flowers will decorate the streets and areas around Olympic venues in Dongcheng District, Beijing's central business area, according to its Bureau of Parks and Woods.

View Story Discuss (0) (news.xinhuanet.com) 7 days ago by Deidre

Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 06:41pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 14 votes / No sinks

Billionaire's superyacht becomes floating gallery

Art & Design – A Ã;£200 million superyacht became the world's most expensive courier when she sailed to Norway to collect three Monet paintings.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 05:26pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 6 votes / No sinks

House votes to punish ruling junta in Myanmar

News – The House voted Tuesday to punish Myanmar's brutal ruling regime "where it hurts in the wallet," by freezing assets of political and military leaders there and banning the importation of rubies from that country into the U.S.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 02:35pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Expensive being poor, charity warns

Money – Poorer families are forced to pay Ã;£1,000 more a year for energy bills and financial services because they cannot access the deals available to those on higher incomes, a charity said.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 02:30pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 7 votes / No sinks

Is David Beckham's shirt-tucking trick OCD

Celebrities – David Beckham's admitted in the past his Compulsive Obsessive Disorder affects the way he organises his fridge, but does his condition dictate the way he dresses?

View Story Discuss (0) (dailymail.co.uk) 8 days ago by Deidre

Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 01:44pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 8 votes / No sinks

Valley home prices plunge, pricey homes now taking hit

Real Estate – Home prices in the Valley are down 18 percent from a year ago and even the most expensive neighborhoods are now feeling the pinch, according to the Arizona State University Repeat Sales Index.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 16, 2008 01:36pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 10 votes / No sinks

Brooklyn Store Celebrates The Art Of Graffiti

Art & Design – "Who knows why people write on the wall, or where that instinct comes from," says Charlie Halsey, one of the founders of Alphabeta, a new Brooklyn-based community art space and event space that also sells graffiti art materials. "As far as I know, people have been writing graffiti since the dawn of mankind."

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Submitted and Voted for on July 15, 2008 11:44pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 11 votes / No sinks

Red Bull exhibit combines sculpture with pop culture

Art & Design – Red Bull Art of Can exhibit combines sculpture with pop culture to the delight of artists and fans alike

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Submitted and Voted for on July 15, 2008 11:37pm

This story has mostly positive ratings. 13 votes / No sinks

Wal-Mart launches responsibly mined jewelry

Do No Evil – Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched Love, Jewelry, a fine-jewelry collection composed of 100 percent traceable gold and silver that's been mined and manufactured according to top industry standards, the company announced today.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 15, 2008 09:20pm

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